util-linux/backport-mkswap-do-not-use-uninitialized-stack-value.patch

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From 6c88722c175adca5b1a72bcc770f94674405b7f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Samanta Navarro <ferivoz@riseup.net>
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2023 11:53:41 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] mkswap: do not use uninitialized stack value
If blkdev_get_size fails, then size is not set. Exit with an error code
and indicate what went wrong instead of continuing with random stack
content.
Proof of Concept:
```
$ mkswap /dev/null
mkswap: warning: truncating swap area to 17179869180 KiB
mkswap: /dev/null: insecure permissions 0666, fix with: chmod 0600 /dev/null
mkswap: unable to assign device to libblkid probe
```
The first output line depends on stack content and sometimes does not
show up at all. Abort operation if argument is neither regular file nor
block device.
Signed-off-by: Samanta Navarro <ferivoz@riseup.net>
---
disk-utils/mkswap.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/disk-utils/mkswap.c b/disk-utils/mkswap.c
index 7e2164704..bd0230177 100644
--- a/disk-utils/mkswap.c
+++ b/disk-utils/mkswap.c
@@ -345,8 +345,9 @@ static unsigned long long get_size(const struct mkswap_control *ctl)
fd = open(ctl->devname, O_RDONLY);
if (fd < 0)
err(EXIT_FAILURE, _("cannot open %s"), ctl->devname);
- if (blkdev_get_size(fd, &size) == 0)
- size /= ctl->pagesize;
+ if (blkdev_get_size(fd, &size) < 0)
+ err(EXIT_FAILURE, _("cannot determine size of %s"), ctl->devname);
+ size /= ctl->pagesize;
close(fd);
return size;
--
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